Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

Should Windows XP PCs with 512MB RAM have been advertised as "Vista Capable"?

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

Steve Ballmer is in no way disappointed with Windows Vista. It is selling “incredibly well”, he told a press conference in Herzeliya, Israel today.

Price to fall by about $100 for full Premium and Business Editions, while full Ultimate Edition to fall by around $300.

Analysts praise early numbers, but long-term outlook still up in the air.

'Vista Capable' proves to be anything but.

And $89bn in revenues for the IT industry, says Microsoft-sponsored report.

Vista logo programme to guide users to Vista capable hardware and software.

Microsoft has never been known to make mistakes in the past, but never was it more apparent than with Vista - and no matter the promises and the hype, Vista never truly delivered.

Vista felt sluggish, bloated and slovenly, but has Microsoft made Windows 7 any faster for those who crave the ultimate performance from their PC? Here are the benchmark results.

Consumer PC receive discounted upgrades where premium systems can update at anominal fee.

Should DIY "fixes" for Vista product drivers be encouraged? One good Samaritan has been slapped down by Creative for rolling his own Vista drivers, and users are taking up the fight.

A flaw has been discovered in Microsoft's flagship Windows Vista operating system.

And it’ll speed up your PC says Microsoft, despite what some beta testers have been saying.

Windows boss Jim Allchin backtracks on security remarks.

Global prices for Vista Ultimate and Home Premium to fall by up to 40 per cent.

Update to arrive in the first quarter of 2008.

Migration tools assist in moving to Microsoft's latest operating system.

Don't wait for Windows 7, say experts. But is UAC enough to convince your IT department to switch?.